58 La Jagua de Ibirico 3.73 5 25,9 4.262 29,5 4.635 32,1 1.79 9 12,5 14.43 1 100,0 Total 8.86 3 26,6 10.00 5 30,0 10.89 6 32,7 3.53 5 10,6 33.29 9 100,0 Source: Social Baseline, OTT Project - Cesar (2024) Human Capital Gaps and Food Security Second The diagnosis revealed that mineral wealth has not translated into the consolidation of human capital necessary for the transition. The average schooling in the young population (6 to 24 years) is only 6.3 years, which is equivalent to little more than complete primary education. Even more critical is the school lag, which reaches an average of 61.0% in the region (see Figure 2). This low technical qualification represents a structural barrier for the proposed economic diversification towards sectors such as agro-industry or renewable energies, which demand qualified labor. Figure 1. Percentage of school lag (7 and 17 years) Source: Social Baseline, OTT Project - Cesar (2024) In parallel, basic vulnerabilities incompatible with the volumes of royalties received from thermal coal exploitation persist. Food insecurity is alarming: 21.5% of households in Becerril and 17.7% in El Paso reported that a member stopped eating one of the three daily meals in the last month due to a lack of money. This indicator demonstrates the non-existence 70.00% 59.30% 57.90% 61.00% 0.00% 10.00% 20.00% 30.00% 40.00% 50.00% 60.00% 70.00% 80.00% Becerril El paso La jagua de Ibirico Total Percentage (%) Municipality
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